Gwyneth Shoecraft, Voice of San Diego

Gwyneth Shoecraft

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Past articles by Gwyneth:

‘It Could Happen Any Place’

Chula Vista Police Chief David Bejarano joined us on the podcast this week to talk about police use-of-force in light of the violence in Ferguson, Mo., and his own experience with an officer-involved shooting during his time with the SDPD. → Read More

San Diego Explained: Where the Tax to Boost the Convention Center Went Wrong

On this week's San Diego Explained, VOSD's Scott Lewis explains just what went wrong with the Convention Center's expansion tax and why it won't be paying for the Center's remodel. → Read More

Fact Check: Kashkari’s Big Claims About California’s Poverty

GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari said California has the most people living in poverty of any state in the nation. → Read More

Businessman to Businesses: Let the Wage Hike Stand

Mel Katz joined us on the podcast this week to talk about who benefits from a minimum wage increase and why businesses with the power to stall the measure should step down. → Read More

Ranking San Diego’s Business Climate: A Selective Science

San Diego places near the top — and the bottom — of surveys purporting to rank cities' business climates. The scattershot results illustrate why rankings may be more useful to the politicos who trumpet them than to folks who want to understand the realities facing companies here. → Read More

San Diego Explained: When the Wage Will Rise

The minimum wage hike is facing some setbacks. On this week's San Diego Explained, VOSD's Scott Lewis details what happens next, and when San Diegans can expect to see a bigger paycheck. → Read More

‘This Is a Full Blown Genocide’

Chaldean leader Mark Arabo joined us on the podcast this week to discuss the ongoing threats to Christians in Iraq, and how El Cajon became a hub for the local Chaldean community. → Read More

San Diego Explained: The Impasse of the ‘Impossible Railroad’

In this week's San Diego Explained, Ari Bloomekatz and NBC 7's Catherine Garcia explore the troubled past of the defunct Desert Line, highlighting where the project to rebuild the track is headed. → Read More

San Diego’s Unique Density Dilemma

Urban designer Howard Blackson joined us on the podcast this week to chat about how to make San Diego's neighborhood more transit-oriented, and why he really doesn't like the word → Read More

SD Explained: Faulconer’s Honeymoon, and Why it May End Soon

In this week's San Diego Explained, Liam Dillon and NBC 7's Catherine Garcia look back on Faulconer's first months in office, highlighting some looming issues that could bring the mayor's honeymoon to an end. → Read More

New Taxpayers Association CEO Hopes to Stop the Boos

Mark Leslie, incoming president of the San Diego Taxpayers Association, joined us on the podcast this week to break down just what the association plans to do for San Diego voters. → Read More

San Diego Explained: Who Takes the Trolley?

In this week's San Diego Explained, Andrew Keatts and NBC 7's Catherine Garcia explore San Diego's public transit system, spotlighting the factors that influence trolley ridership. → Read More

Here’s Where MTS Says You Have First Amendment Rights – and Where You Don’t

Last week, the region's transit agency put in writing a policy that restricts where people can demonstrate, picket, hand out pamphlets and do other First Amendment-y things. → Read More

Personalities, Permits and the Impracticality of Public Art

A local artist and the city's interim director of the Commission for Arts and Culture have butted heads over two recent projects. To keep one alive, artist Roberto Salas says he'll bypass the city altogether. → Read More

SD Explained: What’s Forcing Central American Kids to Flee

In this week's San Diego Explained, Scott Lewis and NBC 7's Catherine Garcia explore the specific dangers in three Central American countries that cause tens of thousands of children to flee. → Read More

Inside Connections Housing’s Rough First Year

A year after it opened, Connections Housing is still experiencing growing pains. Permanent residents and interim residents are governed by different rules and separate agencies, and a recent grand jury report highlighted ongoing budget issues. → Read More

‘They Fear for Their Lives’

Fulbright scholar Elizabeth Kennedy joined us on the podcast this week to discuss the dangers she sees in El Salvador, and what forces children to flee. → Read More

San Diego Explained: What’s on the Horizon for San Diego Drones

In this week's San Diego Explained, Lisa Halverstadt and NBC 7's Catherine Garcia break down the buzz around San Diego's drone industry, and explain why we may soon see more traffic in our skies. → Read More

Make S’Mores Not Wars

Gretchen Newsom, president of Ocean Beach Town Council, joined us on the podcast this week to talk about a long-held but perhaps problematic tradition. → Read More

Revoking the Cleveland National Forest’s ‘Death Sentence’

Jack Shu, president of Cleveland National Forest Foundation, joined us on the podcast this week to talk about the future of development on San Diego's natural land. → Read More